A history book by Ellipses editions has been pinned for several days to expose a conspiracy thesis behind the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States. "An error" that the publishing house has promised to correct.
In this extracurricular work, "History of the XXth century in cards", published at the end of 2019 and signed by Jean-Pierre Rocher, the polemic extract mentions about these attacks: "This world event - undoubtedly orchestrated by the CIA (secret services ) to impose American influence on the Middle East? ". The author, a certified professor of history and geography, has published several books for exam preparation in these subjects.
“This sentence, which echoes conspiracy theories devoid of any factual basis, should never have been used in this book. It in no way reflects the editorial line of Ellipses ”, reacted the editor in a press release published late last week.
# 11September: Ellipses publishers claim not to endorse a passage attributing the 2001 attacks to the CIA. An addendum will be added to all copies of the work which have not yet been distributed in bookshops.https: //t.co/sBplThAmbW
- Conspiracy Watch (@conspiration) January 17, 2020The incriminated passage was first spotted by a group of history-geo teachers, "the clionautes", as part of a Facebook group, then relayed by the site Conspiracy watch and various media, including L'Obs.
The reform of the bac in question?
"For us, it's accrediting conspiracy theses that we already hear too much circulating in the classes," said Bruno Modica, spokesperson for the association and professor of history and geography in Hérault.
"With the baccalaureate reform, we tend to surf on a stressful market, on an anxiety-provoking climate and to put things written too quickly in bookstores," he argued. "Admittedly, opinions can be freely expressed in our works, but in no case can an inaccurate or unfounded fact be presented as an objective truth", assured the publishing house Ellipses after this controversy. She announced the publication of a "formal fix" which will be present inside the book and on its website.
